Trailer - Army Recruitment (1949)

A short trailer film encouraging parents to send their sons to an Army Training School. A father walks out of a doorway to see his son dismantling the engine of a car. CU of son pressing plunger to set of explosives in a hut. Shots of boys doing army apprenticeship - learning to be blacksmiths, fitters, electricians, mechanics. Shots of them in classroom, playing football, eating breakfast. CU of Army Apprentices School logo. Viewers are told to write to the War Office for more information. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959)